The two main candidates in Nigeria’s presidential election tomorrow have signed an agreement to prevent violence in what is probably the African giant’s closest-run race.
Chadian helicopters have struck Boko Haram militants on Nigeria’s border with Niger. Several dozen people are reported killed with vehicles and motor cycles carrying the
A week away from elections, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says his forces will beat Boko Haram within a month and drive the Islamist terrorists out
In the run up to his re-election bid, Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan’s become involved in a diplomatic spat with Morocco. The north African country denies
Nigeria’s main presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari rules out negotiating with Boko Haram if he wins elections next month. The 72-year-old also discounts concerns about his
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan says regional forces are recapturing territory seized by Boko Haram, turning the tide against the militant Islamist group. Jonathan says this
At least 27 people have died in suicide bombings in two north eastern Nigerian centres.. However, President Goodluck Jonathan says the tide is turning and
Nigeria’s military says it back in control of the north eastern border town of Baga after a weekend onslaught backed by air strikes. Retaking Baga
Former President Olusegun Obassanjo’s quit Nigeria’s ruling party – dealing a body blow to incumbent Goodluck Jonathan facing re-election in six weeks time. Obasanjo, who’s
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane’s refused to criticise the postponement of elections in Nigeria. The decision to delay by six weeks
Jean-Jacques Cornish is a journalist and broadcaster who has been involved in the media all his adult life.
Starting as a reporter on his hometown newspaper, he moved briefly to then Rhodesia before returning to South Africa to become a parliamentary correspondent with the South African Press Association. He was sent to London as Sapa’s London editor and also served as special correspondent to the United Nations. He joined the then Argus group in London as political correspondent.
Returning to South Africa after 12 years abroad, he was assistant editor on the Pretoria News for a decade before becoming editor of the Star and SA Times for five years.
Since 1999 he’s been an independent journalist writing and broadcasting – mainly about Africa – for Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk, Radio France International, PressTV, Radio Live New Zealand, Business Day, Mail & Guardian, the BBC, Agence France Press, Business in Africa, Leadership, India Today, the South African Institute for International Affairs and the Institute for Security Studies.
He has hosted current affairs talk shows on Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk. He appears as an African affairs pundit on SABC Africa and CNBC Africa.
He lectured in contemporary studies to journalism students at the Tshwane University of Technology and the University of Pretoria.
He speaks on African affairs to corporate and other audiences.
He has been officially invited as a journalist to more than 30 countries. He was the winner of the 2007 SADC award for radio journalism.
He’s been a member of the EISA team observing elections in Somaliland, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Tunsiai.
In October 2009 he headed a group of 39 African journalists to the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Peoples’ Republic of China.
In January 2010 he joined a rescue and paramedical team to earthquake struck Haiti.
He is immediate past president of the Alliance Francaise of Pretoria.
Jean-Jacques is a director of Giant Media. The company was given access to Nelson Mandela in his retirement years until 2009.
He is co-producer of the hour-long documentary Mandela at 90 that was broadcast on BBC in January 2009.
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